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The history of cartoons

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The first cartoons were made about a hundred years ago.

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False

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The first cartoon character was a mouse.

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True

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Dumbo and �Felix the Cat are Disney films.

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True

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Cartoons about Mickey Mouse were the first coloured cartoons.

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False

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Toy Story is a computer cartoon.

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False

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The first cartoons were made soon after the first films. In 1906, Stuart Blackton drew a lot of faces on a blackboard, photographed them and made a short cartoon called Funny Faces.

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In 1914, Winsor McCay made a short cartoon called Gertie the Dinosaur. People loved it because it had a character. Gertie was the first cartoon character. Another popular cartoon character was Felix the Cat. When people saw the first cartoon about Felix, they liked him so much that the studio made cartoons about him again and again. Felix the Cat was the first cartoon series.

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At that time, cartoons were black-and-white and silent. Disney was the first to make cartoons with sound (со звуком) and in colour. In 1928, Disney drew a funny character for a cartoon – a mouse. Disney called him Mickey. Then he drew a friend for Mickey and called her Minnie Mouse. Cartoons with Mickey and Minnie became hits!

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In 1937, Disney made the first long cartoon called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Next came Dumbo, Bambi, Peter Pan, The Jungle Book and other films. They became very popular. Disney became one of�the most popular cartoon and film studios in the world.

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In 1995, children all over the world saw the first computer cartoon, Toy Story. Then came Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019). Some other computer cartoons are Bugs’ Life and Shrek.

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Excellent!